Name: Sci fight comedy debate: We need a space government
Start: 2025-03-04T19:00:00+11:00
End: 2025-03-04T21:00:00+11:00
Location: Howler Melbourne

Sci fight comedy debate: We need a space government

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Sci fight is a quarterly Science Comedy Debate where scientists and comedians come together to debate serious issues in a ridiculous manner.
This round's topic: We need a Space Government
Space is the final frontier; an endless expanse of nothingness, possibly the last remaining place you can go if you want to avoid Taylor Swift.
Or that was the case, until fairly recently. There are now over 9000 satellites fanging around the earth; two space stations, and now, horrifyingly, space tourists. How are you supposed to marvel at the incredible majesty of space when there’s a space contiki tour doing their ‘9 planets in 9 days’ nearby? What if they’re the first humans to make first contact?
As space starts to fill up; should someone be managing it? Accidents in space could have catastrophic consequences; collisions causing a series of dominoes-effect events with projectiles destroying other precious infrastructure, or at best, levelling a space McDonald’s. Surely at the very least we need someone to manage a doodle poll for scheduling, so we can roster who’s booked the lunar golf range.
Or would a space government be just another layer of bureaucracy? A way of preserving the political pecking order of countries on Earth? Another dampener on scientific innovation, freedom, and creativity? Just another opportunity to tax hapless citizens with the GST (A Goods in Space Tax).
Either way, it seems like the perfect opportunity to finally send politicians into orbit.
Come to the Howler for a drink and a meal and help 6 scientists and comedians decide whether or not space is the place (for regulation).
Doors open 6.30 - debate kicks off 7ish